Quickstart: Deploy Your First App to a VPS with Rubuz

This step-by-step tutorial walks you through setting up a clean cloud server, connecting it to Rubuz, and launching your first app.

Step 1: Provision a Clean VPS

Provision a fresh VPS running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS or Debian 13 (or newer) from any provider:

• Hetzner Cloud (e.g. CPX11 or CAX11 ARM64)
• DigitalOcean (e.g. Regular or Premium Droplet)
• Vultr (High Frequency Compute)
• AWS Lightsail or EC2

Ensure you have the public IPv4 address and root SSH credentials or an SSH key.

Step 2: Connect Server in Rubuz Dashboard

1. Sign in to your Rubuz Cloud Dashboard.
2. Navigate to Servers → click Connect Server.
3. Choose your server operating system and enter your VPS IP address.
4. Rubuz will prompt you to run a single setup command or automatically connect using your temporary SSH credential.

Once the connection succeeds, Rubuz sets up the rootless container runtime and your server status turns green.

Step 3: Launch an Application Stack

1. Click on your newly connected server.
2. Select App Store / Stacks.
3. Pick an open-source app from the catalog, or connect a GitHub repository to deploy your own Next.js, Astro or Go app.
4. Enter the app name and its domain (or use a free rubuz.site preview subdomain).
5. Click Deploy Stack.

Rubuz creates the app’s container and volumes, sets up any database it needs and provisions its SSL certificate.

Next Steps

• Configure Custom Domains & DNS
• Automate Backups to S3